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Change the preferences, below, if you’d rather see the attributes opposed to the performance when clicking on a player.

Maybe. I’ve always been underwhelmed with the staff segment. It needs some work! The attribute analyser is quite an easy fix. You’d need to delete the file path from the player profile.xml. That will just show the default. Or, whilst I’m at work and thinking this in my head, it should! Let me know if you have no success. Yes. Not an exact science but an attempt at creating a metric where I can see who is performing better than maybe they should be…

@Lestri, @Slipky, @danielgear and @Rikulec: Thanks for the kind words and best wishes as I head to Germany. I think that this, like you say, has really caught my imagination and will be a fun project. Glad to hear that, despite my extensive reading, they're not a club (like Hoffenheim or RB Leipzig) that are not thought favourably of! Oh, it absolutely will be! The change to my skin to show attributes has started this and I want to really dig into some of the things that I used to love about FM. We shall see! At minimum, I have more knowledge of Sweden and the link may give me some youth players, although I never feel it really works properly. I do like Molina and, given that I'm going to be using slightly different instructions and roles for the U19 team, feel he'll play an important part. My thoughts, currently, are somewhat of an AP/IW/IF hybrid, cutting in from the right wing. We shall see how that goes!

Despite keeping my cards close to my chest, potentially waiting for the Hamburg (16th in Bundesliga) or even the Eintracht Frankfurt (6th in 2.Bundesliga), I felt that the project here at Bochum was the right one for me. My appointment was swift, with just one further Champions League game played at Elfsborg, a 0-0 draw at Young Boys. I know that the idea of the Champions League to where I am, right now, feels a million miles away but I feel that the board are ambitious and that this is a five year project for us - here to the Champions League. I've done quite a lot of reading into VFL Bochum and, aside from their lovely kits - as @Shrewnaldo demonstrated - they appear to be one of the oldest clubs in the world. The general information states the date that they reformed but the clue from the 1848 in their name, tells me that a gymnastics and sports club was set up, some 180 years prior to the game date of my arrival. A current Bundesliga team, this side stayed for two years before relegation and have been on a bit of a decline ever since, unable to return to the top flight. I was drawn to their affiliates, particularly Brommapojkarna, allowing me to keep a foothold in Swedish football and benefit from their young academy players. Remarkably, the team is listed as more reputable than current Swedish champions and Champions League side Elfsborg but I really do think the skeleton is there, at least in terms of the 26,000 seater stadium, superb youth facilities and excellent training facilities. The problem, though, lies in the day to day running: We look to incur around €8m in losses per season with a projection of more than €15m of debt and, despite the hefty 2.Liga prize money, look like we will have to sell in order to stay afloat, certainly in the short term. My aim for a club - particularly one that fits in with the straight through process (no B team at all), means that I intend to create a playing time pathway as well as a conveyor belt of talent leaving the north east of Germany, taking through the Bochum-way and, in the much longer term, performing with it on the big stage. In the short term though, there will have to be considerable discussion around recruitment and retention of staff and players as I need to balance the books and balance them, fast. A quick scan through the books tells me that the board invested over €900k this month but that has never happened before - maybe this was to do with my appointment. Sponsorships and combined gate receipts bring in just shy of €10m a year but last season's €26m wage bill is a huge problem (and, looking at the salary commitments right now, doesn't seem to be going away) that needs to be rectified and brought under control, fast. Add €4m in loyalty bonuses, €5m in contract bonuses and €11m in transfer spend and you can see why we're in this hole but, amazingly, we are debt free and have no outgoing monthly payments. On the other hand, though, the youth setup, at a mere €1m a year, is here to stay! In real life, Schalke may struggle for a 3.Liga license and, in game, the now-3.Liga outfit have been restricted to just youngsters and now languish near the bottom of that league, potentially looking at two possible relegations. Our league position would suggest that relegation is a real concern for us, too, but, given our recent form and the xG table, I think it's safe to say that the squad is stronger than it appears and there is potential to turn this around, make some money and then look to grow organically in the future. Having left a club with over €60m in the coffers and a pretty much unlimited financial handle over the entirety of their domestic scene, I'm excited to make the move here and have to do things slightly differently! ---- The staffing situation is pretty threadbare, in all honesty. I was able to bring over a couple of members of staff, and, particularly pleasingly, Michael Jorgenson was willing to head to Germany with me to continue as my Head of Youth Development, a role he performed well. In my interview, I promised to work with current DoF Marc Lettau but, with our financial situation looking so tight, I do not necessarily feel it appropriate to delegate everything to him, yet, despite the realism within that option. I was also able to bring in a few youth staff with me as I continue to make a concerted effort to develop the best players and, ultimately, the most profitable assets. --- I must admit to not deeply looking at the team before the takeover. I never do. I didn't have the knowledge of the country when at Elfsborg to see many attributes but, also, I like to come in and write a post like this whilst looking through the players for the first time, setting up their training and development plans as well as forming ideas of how I plan to use them. I was immediately drawn to the three players below judging by their current ability: Lawrence, Nduquidi and Alvarez. However, I never take that for gospel and I am certainly not overly keen on their statistical outputs, which you can see by clicking on the thumbnails above. However, walking into a club mid-season is always provides a difficult task to compare statistical outputs, especially when Leitl, my predecessor, favoured a wholly different style and formation. That being said, here are the first team players at the club: Gebhart appears to be the better of the two keepers here but I can see that we're absolutely nowhere near the level that I really want as he's criminally weak on the ball. Early into my time here, I'll look to see just how bad he is at player as a Sweeper Keeper but this is an area that drastically needs reinforcements, particularly as we have no u19 players who can fill this role, either. Passlack - club captain and ex-Dortmund star - is the best wide defender at the club but is certainly not of the same style as Jeng or Mbacke in Sweden. He's small and certainly favours an attacking situation rather than a defensive one, making me really consider how I set out my backline and whether building with a 2-3 or a 3-2 is what is needed and, importantly, possible, at the moment. Lawrence is a monster but neither he or Hajziri are particularly good with the ball. In terms of youngsters, Kozic is decent and Adams is the only left-footed left-back we seem to have at the club at the moment but, as is going to be my style, these two will see a significant amount of time spent micromanaging their development and a significant number of minutes on the pitch. Masovic is an incredibly high earner and is probably best suited to a DM role as he doesn't excel in the air but will be able to win the ball back. As a team leader, I am conscious of his slight lack of professionalism but his Determination will be a useful thing to pass on to others. Another really expensive commodity is Malik Tillman, who, on sale price alone, must be playing to get himself into the shop window. Probably the only true creator in the team, I need to consider whether the play goes through him or we work the lines and spaces more in a counter-attacking style. I do know, though, that he'd clear a significant portion of debt and the 18 months on a wage plus bonus deal of €60k per week would save us €3.6m before we factor in any transfer fee. Teenager Max Maier could be the heir to his throne though as he looks to step up into the first team along with pacey winger Kohler. Nduquidi would be the perfect box-to-box player if only for his trait, which will see him not go forward. Chibozo looks more suited to the wider areas whilst Alvarez can lead the line in another underwhelming area of the squad. I must say that I really didn't expect the team to look this poor but, maybe, that's why they are struggling to go anywhere and require the injection of new blood into the team, something that has been handled badly prior to my arrival. Fortunately, the youth squad looks like it could compliment that! This is where the money will be made. I'm delighted with the potential we have here and there are some really interesting characters, namely the three below, but also with some depth to it. Since moving to attributes for the v1.5 of my skin, I feel that it has rejuvenated my interest in talent development and I can't wait to really dig into how these players are developing and performing at youth level before making the move to our senior side or elsewhere. Defenders: Patrick Meijerman | Yassir Cherkaoui | Maik Fischer | Florin Maier Midfielders: Bruno Schon | Jan Sommer | Justin Thiede | Daniel Voss | Nils Weber | Christian Brahmer | Luca Koch Wingers: Daragh Murphy | Marc Drexler | Christoph Kuhn Attackers: Carlos Molina | Kim Neuer | Augustine Tchetchoua Cherkaoui looks to be the a nice IWB style players, if I'm honest - given his passing and vision outweigh his ball carrying ability. He'll sit opposite the star of this team, certainly based on quality at given age, in Fischer - who has all the credentials to be a really good inverted full back - given his height and not too shabby ability on the ball. Sommer isn't far away from the first team by the looks of his attributes - a hard worker but also someone who has an eye for a pass whilst Theide may be a decent ball winner, or, even another IWB/IFB kind of player. I really like how Molina's attributes look - the stereotypical Spanish flair is evident in the young man whilst Augustine is quite similar to JBK in that I think he could do a job quite soon given his strong mental attributes. My initial job is to create, very much like @MattyLewis11 and @Shrewnaldo have done, a squad of these youngsters and then create a tactical setup for them. It must mirror that of the first team but, if needs are different in terms of the player types - i.e. use of an IFB at left back isn't common in the first team but, with Fischer, it is in this team - then I need that shape to be played. I won't control games at this level but will spend time watching youth fixtures as I look to take as much interest in this group of eighteen as I do with the first team. --- Feet under the desk. 13 days until Sandhausen, the bottom side, come to town - so much to do in that time! I'm hoping Germany treats me well but I've got myself a really nice little project!

I think you’ve got yourself some good prospects here, again. Interested, more than anything, to read about the development of those from previous intakes. You mention it’s been poor - how many are getting first team minutes? Or are they B/u19 players? I can imagine it being hard to balance results and minutes after a promotion…

I had missed this but have a soft spot for Groningen after managing them a few years ago. You’ve made a good start - keep it up!!

Annnnddd...job done! Whilst I have taken a short hiatus to complete some more skinning jobs, I played through the remainder of the season and, sadly, feel a little less well-connected to Elfsborg as I once did. In 'real life' terms, I've been managing them for a little over a month - a not too short time frame in the scheme of the game - and, in that time, have led them to two Allsvenskan titles, losing just once in sixty league games. However, two flops in Svenska Cup finals, once recently, and a tough start to life in the Champions League tells me that this project either needs to end now or continue for another five to six years. Yet my short stint here and, to be fair, the completion of my time in Sweden following the spell at GIF Sundsvall has been nothing short of incredible. Here, I have garnered a thorough understanding of the game: moving tactically over the past year into a really fluid shape and style that gives me both pleasure to watch and a great amount of attacking potency carefully balanced with a strong defence. But now, it is time to move on. Resignation tendered. The sacking of Stefan Leitl, Bochum manager, is of interest to me. An ex Bundesliga club now sat precariously near the bottom of the 2.Liga with significant financial constraints, yet a culture of youth development: This could be that long, long term project that I now crave. It's not even quite a sideways step as they are rated as a more reputable club than our own and, wages alone, have plays who earn 900% of our top earners. My eggs aren't quite in one basket but, as a soon-to-be free agent, I don't feel that I'm particularly a hard get if they want me!

Yeah, it’s something on my end but I couldn’t see what earlier! Leave it with me.

So...The bar is the total value of the three attributes that make up that training category and the gold line are three linked stats. With this, you can compare shooting output to shooting attributes, for example! I had not clicked that this was on me. I've since changed the settings so that the colour is a much more easy going light blue. But, if you want to rid the whole heatmap - delete the folder below and it'll revert to normal. graphics\pitch\icons\kit\bubble. Intended! Can't look at the performance when he's injured! However, you still have the Stats Hub to dig a bit deeper.

Just didn't fancy writing them all out! Yeah - I'd only be able to link to the positional description because I can't find an ID that brings together position and role as it is above... Thanks anyway!

Erm...I dunno, actually! I've gone through the methods I'd usually use and can change the thresholds and the actual number but not the background colour. Give me a bit of time to find this! Why would it be a 'bug?' You haven't broken the skin to see that. You'll notice that I've left attributes to actually stay at this in most places - particularly the Player Search etc so that you still have to access their profile to find exact figures. It's intentional.

It's in the preferences, where it always has been:

Finally realised I can use a logo of a club that isn't mine on the player profile: Needs some refinement, but it's nicer than I had imagined...

Does anybody know if that actual text for these position descriptors is available please? Thanks!

Statman24 v1.5 OUT NOW - https://www.mediafire.com/file/18t2zkf2llgpumu/Statman24+v1.5.rar/file. Here is the Attributes Hub section of the player profile, changed for v1.5 Major Changes: Attributes now returned to skin Changes to function of buttons Addition of formatted_labels to show data differently Addition of 'personality guide' in hidden button when you click on the player's personality: Quality of life upgrades Notes: If you want to view the attributes first - then change the box below, in the Preferences section:

By reading the first post, you’ll see that @GIMN will not be releasing a numerical version.

No. That’s just the player popup panel. Stats Hub does need a bit of a rework but it’s fine, mainly.

It's because I want to do this: Now you can get a feel for the player from the popup - Ayari is a technical playmaker and Boukama-Kaya is a physical advanced forward. Now..."do their stats match up to that?!" becomes the question.

Finally got round to tidying the staff popup up so that it followed a similar theme to the player one: The small panels there are selectable via a button on the popup. --- Lastly, for this evening anyway, the little 'role image' has now moved to the bottom right container and is based on the assistant's belief of best role and duty.

I should have something usable in the next couple of days - providing, of course, I tidy it up rather than just explore for new things to create!

Because you wanted them, here are the stringIDs for each role within the game: 1 Goalkeeper 2 Central Defender 4 Full Back 8 Wing Back 16 Defensive Midfielder 32 Central Midfielder 64 Wide Midfielder 128 Winger 512 Attacking Midfielder 1024 Deep Lying Forward 2048 Advanced Forward 4096 Sweeper Keeper 32768 Deep Lying Playmaker 65536 Box to Box Midfielder 131072 Advanced Playmaker 262144 Target Forward 524288 Poacher 1048576 Complete Forward 8388608 Ball Playing Defender 134217728 Inside Forward 268435456 Ball winning midfielder 536870912 No Nonsense CB 1073741824 Defensive Winger 2147483648 Pressing Forward 4294967296 Trequartista 8589934592 Anchor 68719476736 No Nonsense Full Back 137438953472 Enganche 274877906944 Complete Wing Back 549755813888 Regista 1099511627776 False Nine 2199023255552 Shadow Striker 4398046511104 Wide Target Forward 8796093022208 Wide Playmaker 17592186044416 Inverted Wing Back 35184372088832 Raumdeuter 70368744177664 Roaming Playmaker 140737488355328 Mezzala 281474976710656 Carrilero 1125899906842624 Segundo Volante 2251799813685248 Wide Centre Back 4503599627370496 Inverted full back Value based pictures, begin...

Couple of minor changes here as I look to condense the info on that 'player card' area: Player style, with the added value based picture moves so that I can add in an additional string to the 'tagline' area. Attributes are here to stay in the Attribute Hub, also! Then, there is also a change that brings through some great work to help work out personalities, without giving it all away... Currently sat behind a hidden button by clicking on the player's personality.

I want to make a bit more of the player style - maybe even encompassing an icon, too. It’s really opened up what we can do - so that’s to @BouFitty and I like that idea there, too However, it has hugely detracted away from trying to set dashed_number_labels as coloured strings dependent on value, which was my aim for goals/90 etc etc to show a rough percentile, matching colours/gradings I use in the skin!

I've moved it! Sorry @JustHowie graphics\pitch\icons\kit\bubble. Remove that and you're back here:

Yeah! player positions indicator tiny.xml in player/... Remove: <widget class="player_basic_positions_indicator_widget" id="ppip" height="38" width="21"> <string id="remove_if" value="platform_is_handheld" /> <record id="object_property"> <list id="get_properties"> <record> <integer id="get_property" value="objt" /> <integer id="set_property" value="objt" /> </record> </list> </record> </widget> And... The two rows can be made of anything, I've got description but role or best pos can be used...